Author Archives: Team VCS

December 2, 2007 – Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) went on the offensive over the delay of supplemental funding for the war in Iraq, dismissing recent comments by President Bush saying delays in funding puts troops in harms way as “fear … Continue reading →

December 4, 2007 – In April 2007, William Winkenwerder Jr. retired from his position as assistant secretary for health affairs at the Department of Defense, where he had been in charge of all military healthcare. On June 1, he went … Continue reading →

December 2, 2007 – Marine Cpl. Sean Scharf still has a vivid memory of how he was greeted on his new job at a bowling alley two years ago when he had returned from his second tour of duty in … Continue reading →

“In all fairness, Gen. Peake was really busy setting up combat hospitals in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones,” VCS Executive Director Paul Sullivan said. “And he gets an ‘A’ for doing a fine job at that.  But when it … Continue reading →

December 2, 2007 – Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent anthrax mailings, top U.S. science advisors said the country “urgently needed” a new, improved anthrax vaccine. The existing vaccine often caused swollen arms and muscle … Continue reading →

December 2, 2007 – Livermore Falls, Maine – Tyler Curtis escaped mortars, bullets and bombs in Iraq. Yet, he failed to survive his homecoming. On Thanksgiving morning, three months after the young veteran returned home to Livermore Falls, he took … Continue reading →

November 20, 2007 – IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) A homeless Vietnam veteran whose body was found beneath an Iowa City bridge had been turned away just days before from a Veterans Affairs center and the county jail. The nearly naked … Continue reading →

“Would Violate State Law” Complaint targets VA psych staff: Treatment by unlicensed psychologists doesn’t affect patient care at Haley, the VA says. December 4, 2007 – TAMPA, FLORIDA – Providing the very best mental health care to soldiers returning from … Continue reading →

November 30, 2007 Editor’s Note from Brian Ross: In the third year of a joint project with the nonprofit Carnegie Corporation, six leading graduate school journalism students were again selected to spend the summer working with the ABC News investigative … Continue reading →